Coral Springs Charter School, Coral Springs FL

Original Research by School Decision on Coral Springs Charter School

Coral Springs Charter School is a publicly funded charter school serving grades six through twelve, located on North University Drive in Coral Springs. It operates under the Broward County school district's umbrella but functions independently as a charter. The school draws a student body of roughly the size you would expect for a combined middle and high school: spread fairly evenly across all seven grade levels, suggesting stable enrollment rather than attrition at any particular transition point.

The student population is racially diverse. White and Hispanic students together make up a large majority, with Black and Asian students also present in meaningful numbers, and a small share identifying as two or more races. About a quarter to a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this toward the lower end of economic need relative to many Florida schools, though not negligible. Data on students with IEPs or English learner status was not available in what was provided.

On Florida's FAST assessments, the school's results for the most recent year are mixed depending on grade and subject. ELA proficiency in sixth grade is strong, and math in seventh grade stands out as a high point across the tested grades. Eighth grade results across both ELA and math are more modest, and eighth grade science lands in similar territory. The variation across grades is worth paying attention to: a family with a sixth grader may see a different academic environment than one entering eighth grade. Trend data across prior years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these figures are improving, holding, or slipping. A parent may want to ask the school directly about year-over-year movement in its assessed grades.

No program listings were included in the data provided, so this account cannot speak to AP offerings, dual enrollment, career pathways, or extracurricular options. For a school running through twelfth grade, those offerings matter considerably to families planning a full six- or seven-year pathway. Graduation rate data was also not available in what was provided. Both gaps are worth following up on directly with the school.

The comparison set for Broward County contained only one district, which means no meaningful positioning against peer districts was possible from this data.

Coral Springs itself sits in the northern part of Broward County, an established suburban community in South Florida's densely developed corridor. The local housing market around the school's zip code shows home values that have pulled back noticeably year over year and now sit roughly in line with the Florida statewide median, though still at a level where monthly ownership costs are substantial relative to typical household incomes nationally. Rents have been essentially flat. Affordability math here is tight: rent-to-income ratios are high by conventional standards, and buying is not straightforward for a median-income household. Families relocating specifically for this school should factor that in.

The Broward district brief was searched but no confirmed parent-relevant changes or policy developments were retrieved before the research budget was exhausted. That gap is named here rather than filled.

What the data supports is a picture of a charter school with solid academic results in some grades and subjects, a moderately diverse student body with relatively low economic need, and a real absence of information on the programs and outcomes that matter most for high school planning. The school warrants a direct visit and direct questions about its upper-division curriculum and four-year outcomes before a family commits to enrolling a student who will carry through to graduation.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

98.0%Cohort of 212 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 183 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 63% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 783%

School 83% · District 59% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 47% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 680%

School 80% · District 65% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 60% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 59% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 45% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolBROWARD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income80%Higher-income84%4 pp gap